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CIBC is naming former federal finance minister Bill Morneau as the next chair of its board of directors.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — The High Court today sentenced a couple to 30 years in prison after finding them guilty of...

MELAKA, Oct 30 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) has announced five candidates for the 16th Melaka state election next mon...

Siobhán no longer seems to be an issue, but attentions have turned to Caoimhe

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer with decades of experience in flight research and operations, has served as the center’s acting director since March. “Troy has spent his career pushing the boundaries of f

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Audiofragmenten die de krant El País in handen heeft, lijken erop te wijzen dat een menselijke fout een grote rol heeft gespeeld bij de Spaanse treinramp van gisteren. Er valt te horen hoe de verkeersleiding een hogesnelheidstrein toestemming geeft op volle snelheid verder te rijden, hoewel dat tegen het protocol is. El País zette drie gesprekken van enkele

Victorian police have identified multiple online usernames suspected of ordering crimes including alleged firebombings and extortions across Melbourne.

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain begins his new role at NASA’s center of excellence for robotics and deep space exploration and at Caltech, which manages JPL for NASA, on […]

Orit Michiel is the next president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the video game industry’s self-regulatory body that assigns age and content ratings for video games and mobile apps. Michiel will take the helm of ESRB on Nov. 2, 2026, replacing Patricia Vance, who is retiring after more than 20 years as president of […]

The final piece of the Banijay Rights jigsaw is in place with John Richards named CFO of the combined sales operation. With that, John Wagener, All3Media International’s long-serving CFO and COO, is exiting after two decades with All3Media International. Richards will oversee finance for the combined Banijay Rights-All3Media International sales outfit, which

A federal panel has identified 33 detainees, including children aged 11 and 12, who died in the custody of the NSCDC in Niger State in September 2026. Read More: https://punchng.com/panel-names-33-miners-who-died-in-nscdc-custody-in-niger/

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has named former Netflix Germany film chief Sasha Bühler as Philip Pratt’s successor at the Amazon streamer. Bühler has been named Head of German Originals at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios Germany, news that comes months after we revealed she had left her role as Director of Film for German-speaking Europe […]

South Australia tops the list of most business-friendly states, according to the Business Council of Australia.

BAFTA has confirmed that Hilary Rosen has been appointed as its new chair. Following a year as deputy chair, Rosen succeeds Sara Putt, who steps down after a three-year term. Rosen will oversee the organization’s “mission to champion film, games and television talent through its awards, industry leadership and year-round development programs,” BAFTA said. A

EXCLUSIVE: Run-A-Muck, the multiplatform media company founded by Pamela Drucker Mann, Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals, has announced the hiring of producer and executive Adam Kopp. Kopp will oversee Run-A-Muck’s creative strategy as it expands its slate of scripted and unscripted projects for film and TV. He’ll also play a key role in the continued […]

The number of names deleted from the electoral roll include the ASSD voters and those who were found ineligible during the enquiry phase of the SIR process

Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita noted that he does not think amendments to the Civil Code or the family register law are necessarily required.

BAFTA has a new chair. UKTV commissioning boss Hilary Rosen will succeed Sara Putt at the UK awards body after Putt’s three-year term runs down. Rosen has been Deputy Chair for the past year and will be succeeded in that role by Ade Rawcliffe and Andrew Miller. Rosen is a well-regarded TV commissioner who has […]

Karnataka’s electorate now stands at 4,55,00,011, down from 5,54,32,314 voters before the SIR began

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at s...

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As Anthropic rushes to takes its shares public, the AI trade is showing cracks, and they are not confined to fringe players.

The official Ballon d'Or website mistakenly published articles naming three different players as winners of the 2026 men's award, hours before Monday's ceremony in London.

The Northeastern state had 23,49,645 voters before the SIR, which struck off 1,65,682 names from the electoral rolls, they said

The Nigeria Democratic Congress has named Seriake Dickson as chairman and Peter Obi as co-chairman of its National Campaign Council for the 2027 elections. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ndc-names-dickson-campaign-chair-obi-co-chair/

The Nigeria Democratic Congress has formed its National Campaign Council for the 2027 elections, naming Peter Obi as co-chairman and Henry Dickson as chair Read More: https://punchng.com/full-list-ndc-names-peter-obi-henry-dickson-others-as-campaign-council-members/

The Australian sharemarket has rebounded after an early fall to close in the green, with materials and energy stocks posting gains.

CAF has appointed Media Experts Limited and Media Business Solutions as exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights holders for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. Read More: https://punchng.com/caf-names-free-to-air-partners-for-afcon-2027/

Vance and Yvonne Bradford's newborn son is named for the popular chant that filled the streets of New York after the Knicks' first title in over 50 years.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has become the latest entertainment organization to appoint a technology chief, naming video engineer Jillian Arnold as the union’s first labor and technology intelligence officer. In this role, Arnold will shepherd how IATSE navigates new technologies and their impact on the organization’s entertainme

President Trump will rally on Friday in a Republican state where Democrats have their eye on several House races.

Uluslararası Enerji Ajansı (IEA) Başkanı Fatih Birol, Antalya'da düzenlenecek COP31'in ana gündem maddesi olarak elektrifikasyonun önerildiğini ve bu alanda yüzlerce ülkenin imzalayacağı bir taahhütname hedeflendiğini söyledi.

The discrepancies were found in the Allahabad-Jhansi graduates' constituency ahead of polling for 11 MLC seats

Names are central to our identity, so what happens when that name is a source of ridicule? Research points to negative life outcomes, but some people learn to embrace unfortunate names.

At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polsia's Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days.

The plus-ification of subscription services continues unabated with Amazon becoming the latest company to follow suit with a Kindle Unlimited rebrand. The subscription service is now known as Kindle Plus but will continue to offer unlimited access to a select collection of ebooks, comics, and magazines from the Kindle catalog for $11.99 per month. Thousands

Die Entwickler des Nameservers BIND haben aktualisierte Quellcodes veröffentlicht, die eine Schadcode-Lücke im Dienst schließen.

Enumeration data show that several consecutive serial numbers were marked as absent or shifted

 MELAKA, Oct 22 — Police crippled the activities of two call center syndicates suspected of being involved in...

Vietnamese whodunit “Karaoke Murder” will open in cinemas across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia on the same weekend, a first for a film from Vietnam, according to its backers. The film, titled “Án Mạng Karaoke” in Vietnamese, will bow nationwide at home on Oct. 30. U.S.-based specialty distributor 3388 Films will release it that […]

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The Latino Film Institute has unveiled its seventh annual cohort of directors for the LFI Inclusion Fellowship supported by Netflix. Ten emerging filmmakers join the program to produce live-action narrative short films through $50,000 production grants, mentorship and industry engagement opportunities. Fellows participate in a studio-style environment and wi

Cormac Izuchukwu and Harry Byrne miss out as Andy Farrell names squad for matches against Argentina, Fiji and South Africa